The situation: Your rich aunt has just died and left you 1 billion dollars. While you're jumping for joy and mentally calculating what you'll do with the money, your aunt's
lawyer tells you that there are special conditions attached to your inheritance. If you
accept the money, you must agree to count it by hand for 24 hours per day at the rate of 1
dollar per second. When you are finished counting, the 1 billion dollars is yours and you
may start to spend it. Should you accept the money? You decide to do some quick
calculations to help you make your decision
1. How many years will it take you to count the money? (Show your work.)
2. If you spent the 1 billion dollars at the rate of 1 thousand dollars per day, how
long would it take you to spend it all in days? years? (Show your work.)
3. Do you accept your aunt's offer? Explain your response
4. How many years would it take to count cach person on earth if you were to count
at the rate of 1 person per second, 24 hours per day? Assume there are 6.2 billion
people on the planet. (Show your work.)
5. Now that you've done these calculations, how would you describe one billion?
How BIG is one billion?